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•Chapter 36•

Penulis: Deborah Myers
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Ashley

I didn't go the Grove that morning because I had been summoned by someone who I didn't want to meet.

Gamma James.

The invitation had come so suddenly to my room as I had been preparing for the day. A man that I didn't recognise, but must have been a messenger from the Gamma family had been the one to deliver the message.

After putting on pants and a light shirt, I set out to meet him, unable to refrain from feeling a little anxious. What exactly did he want from me? And why had he been on my case?

The location for our meeting was by a creek not too far away from the Sacred Grove. He was seated by a rock, staring into space when I found him. His face was a little tiledted towards the sky, as though he was taking in energy directly from the sun.

I had been trying to be quiet, but he turned around soon after I found him. He nodded in greeting, eyes sparkling with something I couldn't name. “Good morning, Ashley. Thank you for honouring my invitation, once again. I do hope it wasn
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